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· One min read
Cody Watson

Chrome is Bad.

Is your MacBook (even if it's new) running really slow? It could be chrome; even if you uninstall or don't have it open, it can slow down your computer with an update service it runs in the background. This video has some more info. If you need any help uninstalling, even if just temporarily, you can follow this tutorial or reach out to me for help.

· 2 min read
Cody Watson

So for anyone updating to Big Sur and using a Razer Synapse 2.0 v1.88.20.

After 4 hrs I found this online. After update to Big Sur Synapse was loading for me but was not detecting devices.

manually running sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/RazerHid.kext will error suggesting to Approve extension via System Preferences.

3rd Party extension popup and Allow never showed up in a pane.

caution

Booting in to recovery cannot be done remotely. Please proceed at your own risk.

After digging around and looking up Razer TEAMID R2H967U7J8 I was able to manually adjust security settings:

  • Boot into Recovery Mode
  • Click the Utilities menu and select Terminal
  • Execute the following command:
    /usr/sbin/spctl kext-consent add R2H967U7J8
  • Verify that team got added
    /usr/sbin/spctl kext-consent list
    Should output something like:
    Allowed Team Identifiers: R2H967U7J8
  • Close the Terminal app and restart

After this I was able to execute sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/RazerHid.kext Got popup and Allow button in System Preferences. Allowed extension and restarted.

Got my Deathadder Elite back in Synapse after reconnecting it.

Mouse Acceleration​

Addionally if you want to have control over mouse acceleration, as MacOS does not give us this control run the following command:
defaults read .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling

This will output a value, anything from -1 to 3; -1 being off and 3 being max.

To set acceleration just change read to write in the above command. I cannot stand any mouse acceleration, so I turn it off:
defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1

· One min read
Cody Watson

Hi everyone, and welcome to the GDD Lab info documentaion.

GDD Tech Support Website Interface​

Doc Interface

If you have never used a documentation type site before it might be a bit confusing to look at but it's quite simple to use!

On the left hand of the screen you'll see a menu of the different guides: Left Interface

And on the right side of the screen you'll see a menu to navigate within the guide itself: Right Interface

note

Only the left menu is avaible on mobile, just click the hamburger menu button at the bottom of your screen.

If you are wanting to share or save a link to a particular point within hover over a heading and click on the # green hash.

Dark Mode Toggle​

There's even a dark mode toggle, just click the sun switch!
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